Padding



Patented June l0, 1924i.

ALLISTER S. MITCHELL, OF O'AKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR -TO CALIFORNIA COT- TON MILLS COMPANY, F OAKLAND,.CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION O'F CALIFORNIA.

'PADDING.

Application filed October 25,1923. Serial No. 670,716.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, ALLISTER S. MITCHELL,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Oakland, in' the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Padding,

of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improved padding primarily designed for padding the upholstery of an automobile, and is a continuation in part of my co-pending application #564,705, filed May 31, 1922. This application is also a divisional application of case #670,717 filed of even date herewith. l5 The padding now used in the upholstery of automobiles consists of a fibrous material laced beneath the outer cover of the seat.

he fibrous material has in the past been inserted by various means such as by sizing the material on both sides, drying the same, cutting the material into proper lengths, folding to the proper width, and then inserting the same beneath the covers of the seat.

This entails considerable waste of material and labor. l

My padding is formed complete in one operation and is made into a substantially tubular form of many yards in length, so that the same may be inserted into a proper instrument, the instrument inserted into the pleats of the seat, the instrument being then withdrawn, the padding sliding through the instrument and the padding being then cut or torn to the proper length, so that practically no material is wasted.

In order to increase the tensile strength of the padding, I find .it advisable to reinforce the padding `by means of a strip of relatively strong paper. The paper furthermore serves as a means for holding the padding in proper form, which form is preferably tubular.

One of the objects of having the padding in tubular form is to increase the resiliency thereof.

Otherobjects and advantages of this invention will appear upon a reading of the following descrlption.

Referring to the annexed drawing, in :i0v which my invention is illustrated and which formsv a part'of this specification:

Figure 1 isa perspective view of my improved padding;

Fig. 2 is an end view of my padding folded into its finished form and having its ed es secured by means of astrip of paper.

ig. 3 is an end view of a modification.

My padding consists of a sheet of light weight fibrous material 1, which material may be cotton or other suitable padding. The sheet 1 is folded into a somewhat tubular form, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, so that the edges thereof will be lapped. Between the lapped edges, I insert a long strip of paper 8, having an adhesive 10 on both sides. The edges of the sheet 1 are then pressed against the strip of paper 2, so that the edges are secured permanently by the adhesive 10.

In Fig. 3, the sheet 3 is provided with a double fold, as illustrated, havingastrip of adhesive paper 8 inserted between the adjacent folds.

In either case, the paper serves as a means for permanently uniti-ng the padding into a somewhat tubular form, the fibrous material making the same resilient and the strip of paper adding tensile strength thereto.

In the specification and claims, where I have used the word tubular as describing the shape of the finishedarticle, I do not mean that the article is perfectly round or that there is at all times any space between the adjacent layers ofthe folded article. In using the words tubular form, I mean that the lower layer of the padding is not held rigidly against the upper layer or layers, which structure is shown in each of the figures of the drawings.

While I have shown two specific forms of my invention, it is obvious that many variations might be made without departing from the spirit of this invention. I, therefore, do not limit myself to the particular forms shown except as I might limit myself in the annexed claims.

I claim:

1.l A padding comprising a sheet of resilient material folded into substantially tubular form and a strip of material laced between the adjacent edges of sai material and having an adhesive on both sides thereof, said resilient material adhering to the sides thereof. i

2. A paddingcomprisingasheet of fibrous material folded into substantially tubular resilient form and means whereby tensile strength is added to seid fibrous material, seid means comprising a strip of material having an adhesive on both sides thereof adapted to per- 5 manently hold the fibrous material into tubular form.

3. A padding comprising e sheet of soft Momes material and arsfnrip ofy strong meterioi baving both sides thereof glued, said soft meterial being folded into substantially tubular form and heid in position by means of the glue and the strong material.

Jin testimony whereof if aix my signature.

MEISTER S, MIETGHELL. 

